Apparently one patient in particular has progressed from his wheelchair, unable to bend at the waist or pick up things from the floor state and can now stand and play in front of a TV screen, swinging the Wii-mote like a golf club and generally have a rocking good time..

Dr. Grigore Burdea, who is a leader in computer-based virtual reality techniques in rehabilitation therapies, told the paper he thinks in five years every hospital and rehab clinic will have embraced the gaming technology for their patients. Here's more:

"People are addicted to games, but in this case, the addiction is towards a good cause," Burdea said. "Bill Gates (billionaire founder of Microsoft) would be wise to sponsor this kind of research."

Hey all-- Just wanted to shout out and letcha know-- I'm a boxer, and that guy in the photo is my boxing trainer, Albert. He suffered aneurism just after Christmas last year, and has been hospitalized ever since. He was training to fight in the silver-gloves tournement. The University of Alberta hospital's Wii program is such an amazing use of technology-- taking something that's normally used to encourage sedintary behaviour, and utilize it for positive, physical benefits. Hurray for geeks and the stuff they invent!

Hey all--
Just wanted to shout out and letcha know-- I'm a boxer, and that guy in the photo is my boxing trainer, Albert.
He suffered aneurism just after Christmas last year, and has been hospitalized ever since. He was training to fight in the silver-gloves tournement.
The University of Alberta hospital's Wii program is such an amazing use of technology-- taking something that's normally used to encourage sedintary behaviour, and utilize it for positive, physical benefits.
Hurray for geeks and the stuff they invent!